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BettingUSA.com report explores ways for US sports betting sector to maximize its full potential

• May 13, 2021

Indiana Sports Betting Expectedly Slows in April, According to PlayIndiana

• May 13, 2021

Indiana's sports betting industry experienced another month-over-month decline in April, as wagering dropped to its lowest level since October 2020. But in a state that has known little else but growth, the expected decline is indicative of the beginning of a typical sports betting slowdown period that will likely last until the beginning of football season, according to PlayIndiana, which provides news and analysis of the state's gaming industry.

Online Sportsbook Operators Bet Big On Local TV Ads In First Quarter Of 2021

• May 13, 2021

Nielsen says sports betting industry spent $154 million to reach local TV viewers in various markets

Bally’s touts revenue and cash flow hikes as it prepares to launch sports betting

• May 12, 2021

No more bets: Q&A with a retiring 40-year Las Vegas bookmaker

• May 12, 2021

Manteris, one of Las Vegas' longest tenured bookmakers, announced his retirement this week from Station Casinos, where he spent that last 22 years overseeing the company's race and sportsbooks. He'll stay on with the company in a consulting role, but he says his days sweating big decisions are over.

Sports Betting With Wynn Resorts To Become Public Company

• May 12, 2021

Wynn Resorts will now put their internet sportsbooks up on the Nasdaq Stock Market by the end of the year after merging with another company in order to do so. Wynn Interactive announced on Monday that they would combine their business with Austerlitz Acquisition Corp. I.

Tennessee Becomes Quickest State to Reach $1 Billion in Lifetime Sports Bets

• May 12, 2021

Betting volume drops in April as slower summer season approaches, but state reaches historic milestone in sixth month of sports betting, according to PlayTenn analysts.

Three’s A Crowd For Michigan And Pennsylvania Online Poker As WSOP Prepares Its Long-Awaited Expansion

• May 11, 2021

Michigan and Pennsylvania are two states that went all the way when it came to legalizing online gambling. They not only legalized online sports betting, but added online casino and poker to the mix. However, while operators jumped in quickly to the online sports betting market, online poker has followed on at a more sedate pace.

Illinois Record March Sports Betting Handle Puts US Over $4.6B

• May 11, 2021

According to the numbers released Monday by the Illinois Gaming Board, the state’s total sports betting handle came out to $633.6 million, up 24.3% from February’s $509.8 million. March’s total eclipsed the previous high of $581.5 million which was reported in January 2021

How Wynn Resorts are Taking on the US iGaming Market

• May 11, 2021

In October 2020, it was announced Wynn Resorts had signed a deal with GAN Limited, a company who provide internet gambling software-as-a-service solutions to the US land-based casino industry. There is a 10-year agreement on the table, and this is the clearest sign yet that Wynn Resorts are serious about taking on the US iGaming market.

Opinion: Why I can’t wrap my head around baseball’s embrace of sports betting

• May 11, 2021

Even though baseball spent decades seeming to abhor the very idea that anyone would bet on games, current MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has been inching toward an association between baseball and betting for years. In 2015, Manfred said of sports betting that it was “important for there to be a conversation between me and the owners about what our institutional position will be.” More recently, he called sports betting “a massive opportunity for fan engagement.”

Caesars and Arizona Diamondbacks agree to sports betting partnership for the state

• May 10, 2021

In a statement last Thursday, Caesars said it would develop a sportsbook and sports bar concept on the plaza adjacent to Chase Field, the Diamondback home stadium in downtown Phoenix.